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Benson, Samuel Page, 1804-1876

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Personal name headingBenson, Samuel Page, 1804-1876
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Birth date1804-11-28
Death date1876-08-12
Place of birthWinthrop (Me.)
Place of deathYarmouth (Me.)
AffiliationBowdoin College
United States. Congress
Profession or occupationLawyer Legislator
Found inAbstract from the returns of common schools, 1838: t.p. (Samuel P. Benson, secretary of state)
General cat. of Bowdoin College, 1912 (Samuel Page Benson; grad. 1825; b. Nov. 28, 1804, Winthrop, Me.; lawyer; Maine legislature 1834-5; Maine Senate 1836-7; Maine Secretary of State 1838, 1841; U.S Congress 1853-7; d. Aug. 12, 1876)
NUC Pre-1956 (Benson, Samuel Page, 1804-1876)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online, Feb. 18, 2016 (BENSON, Samuel Page, a Representative from Maine, born in Winthrop, Maine, November 28, 1804; received instruction from private teachers and attended the Monmouth (Maine) Academy; was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1825; studied law; was admitted to the Kennebec County bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Unity, Maine; returned to Winthrop and practiced law until 1850; railroad builder; secretary of the Androscoggin & Kennebec (later Maine Central) Railroad; member of the State house of representatives in 1833 and 1834; served in the State senate in 1836 and 1837; secretary of state 1838-1841; overseer of Bowdoin College 1838-1876 and president of the board for sixteen years; chairman of the board of selectmen 1844-1848; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and as an Opposition Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Thirty-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1856; resumed the practice of law; died in Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, August 12, 1876; interment in Maple Cemetery, Winthrop, Maine)